Vault-door.



G. WEISS.

VAULT DOOR.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 15,1908.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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G. WEISS.

VAULT DOOR.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 15,1908.

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Witwen@ CARL WEISS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

VAULT-DOOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 16, 1909.

Application led September 15, 1908. Serial )Im-453,172.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CARL VVnrss, a subject oi the Emperor oi' Germany, residing at l/Vashington, in the District oi Columbia, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Vault-Doors, oi' which the l'ol- `owing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in burglar prooi' doors lor bank vaults, safes and the like.

The object ol' the invention is to provide a simple and practical door ol' this character which will be effectively secured and locked around all of its edges so that it will be impossible for it to be blown open or otherwise opened by unauthorized persons.

lith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists oit the novel features ol construction and the combination and arrangement ol' Jai-ts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation oi' the improved door and its frame; Fig. 2 is an elevation oi the rear or inner side of the same; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4-4 in Fig. 1 Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the movable side bolt; Fig. 6 1s a horizontal section through the door frame looking downwardly; Fig. 7 is a view of the bottom edge ol' the door; and Fig. S is a plan view of the top edge of the door.

In the drawings 1 denotes the door which is of substantially rectangular shape and mounted for both sliding and swinging movement in a i'rame 2 consistinor of two sides or jambs 3, 4, a bottom or sill and a top or cap 6. The door is provided in its top and bottom edges and at a suitable distance from its inner side edge with pivots 7 in the form ol' balls or spheres journaled upon transverse pivot pins 8 arranged in substantially U- shaped socket bearings 9 which are formed upon and project from said top and bottoni edges of the door, as more clearly shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The pivots 7 are adapted to engage elongated bearing recesses or channels 10 i'ormed in the top and bottom of the door frame and their U-shaped bearing projections 9 are adapted to engage grooves 11 which surround the recesses 10, as shown in Fig. 6. This construction will permit the door to be shifted or slid transversely in the frame and also swung outwardly or in a lorward direction, as indicated in dotted lines i n Fig. 3. 1n order to permit the pivot balls 7 to be initially placed in their recesses 10, the latter and also the grooves 11 are made L- shaped so as to have extensions 12, 13 which open upon the l'ront edges ol' the top and bottom of the door frame. After the door has been placed in position in the frame said eK- tensions are adapted to be closed by suitably shaped plates 14, as shown more clearly in Figs. 1 and 4. The recesses 10 extend transversely of the door frame and when the pivot balls 7 are in their ends 10a the door will be permitted to swing upon said balls as aivots and when swung inwardly it can be sid or shifted transversely of the frame, whereupon said pivot balls will move 'from the ends 10iL to the ends 10b of said recesses 10, as hereinafter more fully eX lained.

The side or jam 3 ol" the door frame is formed with a vertical channel 15 into which the 'free or outer edge of the door is adapted to be projected by reason of its sliding movement. Said channel 15 is ol' just suflicient width to receive said edge ol' the door and in its bottom is preferably :formed a rib 16 adapted to enter a longitudinal groove 17 in the edge oi' the door when the door is projected into the channel 15.

The top and bottom of the door frame are recessed toward their front or outer portions to provide stop shoulders 18 adapted to be engaged by the inner face of the door when the latter is swung into the frame, and also to provide ribs 19 which are spaced by transverse slots 20. The top and bottom edges or' the door are also recessed, as shown at 21 in Fig. 7 so as to receive the ribs 19 and in said recesses 21 are formed projections 22 which are adapted to pass through the slots 2O when the door is swung closed. Said projections 22 are adapted to be shifted in rear of the ribs 19 when the door is slid to its locked position alter being closed and to thereby serve as a locking means lier the top and bottoni of the door. ln order to prevent the outer edge ei' the door trom sagging when it is swung open, a bearing ball 7 a is arranged in a socket 7b formed in the upper edge of the door close to its inner side edge.

The side or jamb 4 ot' the door trame is recessed, as shown at 23, to receive the inner edge of the door and to provide a stop shoulder 24 and a rearwardly or inwardly projecting rib 25 formed in its inner side with recesses or seats 26. Formed upon said inner elosed position in the traine the adapted to swing` into the recess 2.)

the projections .as :ire disposed opposite tir, se ts in the rio 2.5, und when said door is said proieetions are adapted to enter the seats or recesses 26 to lool; sid inner edge ol the door. 'lflie inner or pivoted edge the door is l'urther looked hy a sliiltziele uprigl'it holt 29 arranged lor slidingy movementupon the inner or rein' lere of the do'r end e Ui reeess 23 und into und out oli el fruejenrent -with the shoulder 24 ol the. letter. (ile'd loolt 29 is in the lorni ol :in upright bar or plete slide-bly n'iounted in guide brackets 3() und loined with lornsrdly projecting; studs 5l adapted to work in curved grooves or seats 32 lorinod in seid inner edge ol' the door. Seid looit is adopted to he retruote l by moving; said studs upwardly into the seats or recesses 532 so that it will @leur the shoulder 2li on the side or jiuno l, und it is adapted to ell'eotively loeli the door against inoveiuont when its studs 3l oro inoved out of the seats or reeesses 52 ani'l into engagienient with the straight portions 2323 ol the inner edge ol the door. ln order to aetuuto the bolt 2Q it is provided vfith an erin Sil carrying a p'n whieli works in e slot in the lire/e end ol a lever 36 which letter is pivoted et one end et 3? upon the inside ol' tue door. Seid lerer Il@ luis a slot and pin oon- .neetion vitn one end olf a 'ook har 39 mounted lor sliding" ium'einei'it in hearings il). Said rack har is in mesh with the pinion ll lined uion the inner end 'l1-j a shalt extending` through the door .and provided upon its liront or out-er end with handy wheel i3. lt will hi seen tl .t when the latter is rotated the rzieh lier 3G will he .Y ted to uetuete the `ooit ln order to loeli the ei'u'itrolliiig shalt @12, any suitable looking: means rosy he priivided. fis illustrated, a sliding; holt fil. is arranged in a easingr f ted. 'to he projected into and out ol the perth olI the reeli her SSE.

ythe cosine 4.15 is arru d upon the inside ol the door and eonteins e. permutation loch oontrolled hy a disl und operating handle arruiged upon the outside ol the door, as shown in Fig'. Yl

'llie door l is very he: I to perniit it to he easily shifted or slid transversely within the lrunie, the opere-,tinp` devioe shown in Fig: l is prelk-reblv -)ro ided This operatingl nieehenisni eoirnpi'is'is tiro levers 457 loosely lul-:ruined intermediate their ends at el upon the door and luive their outer ends engage groovoesses il?) lorined in the top ond bottoni ol the door freine. rl`lie inner ends ol' the levers ed transversely to its lool-led position i t-:wivoli'id in hearings 53 upon the door. one end ol said screw is a beveled pinion #l-' have :i slot and pin eonneetion 5() with a nut l arranged upon a screw which 1s At v-rliich nieshes with siniilar pinion on a she-tt Etf ourneled in bearing' 58 and provided with a hand wheel 59. lt vrill be seen that hy rote-.tingthe latter the soreiv 52 nitty he turned to nieve the nut thereon and to there- 1oy sliilt the lovers 47 l'or the purpose ol sliding` the door rensversely in its freine.

The operation ol' the invention is as l'olloivs: Assuming the door to he in its closed i and looked position shown in the drawings, adapted to he projected int-o ond or t oi trie nnen it is desired to open the door the dial 47 ol' the loeli i s lirst manipulated to unloeli the holt 44 and the handle ol' said lool( is then turned to retraot the holt 44 `l'roin the partir ol' the rai-eh har 3). The handle 43 is their turned to shi'lt the ruoli bar 39 and cause the leve' 3o to retraot the holt 2Q. The hund wheel 5) is then turned to aotuate the door shilting deviee shown in Vl and to conse the levers di" to shi'l't or slide the d oor transversely within the 'l'raiue and thereby niove the pivot halls 7 ol the door lroin the ends lOl to the ends lo olI the haring recesses lo. l'lvlien this is done the ou ter edge oll the door leaves the hannel 15, the looking projections register with the slo ts or grooves 2U and the projections or studs 2S leave the seats 2G so that the door niay 1'ie swung outwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. The door may be closed and @liet-,tively looked hy reversing the operation just described.

Frein the l'oregoing; it will 'oe seen that the invention provides an exceedingly ell'eetive lool; lor the door oll a haul; vault, a sale, and the like; and that it is elleetively seeured around all ol' its edges so that it cannot oe Ailmvn open hy an explosive and cannot he se opened by an unauthorized person. llsving tuus described the invention what is elsiined. is:

'i'. The eoinliina tion ol' a door "'ranie, a door piv ted therein to swing to its closed position and adapted to loe sliilted or slid transve-,rL ely 'when in its closed position in said 'l'ranie to hold it against swinging niovement7 holt lor looking the door against shitting or slidine/:ement and a loelt lor eentrolling` Said l Vl lv dll llt

ing elong'ated pivot bearings, a door, pivots carried by the latter and arranged in said elongated bearings whereby said door may be swung into and out of the frame and also be slid or shifted within the same, co-acting locking means upon the edges of the door and its frame to prevent the door from being swung open after it is shifted within the frame, and a bolt for preventing shifting movement of the door.

4. The combination of a door frame having elongated pivot bearings, a door, pivots carried by the latter and arranged in said elongated bearings whereby said door may be swung into and out of the frame and also be slid or shifted within the same, co-acting locking means between the edges of the door and its frame for preventing swinging movement of the latter after it has been shifted within the frame, means for preventing the door from being shifted, and a locking device for the last mentioned means.

5. The combination of a door frame having elongated pivot bearings, a door, pivots carried by the latter and arranged in said elongated bearings whereby said door may be swung into and out of the frame and also be slid or shifted within the same, co-acting means between the edges of the door and its frame for preventing the door from swinging after it has been shifted within the frame, means for preventing the door from being shifted and means for shifting the door when the last mentioned means is inoperative.

6. The combination of a door frame, a door, means for mounting said door whereby it may be swung into and out of the frame and also be slid or shifted within the same, door shifting levers carried by the door and adapted to engage the frame, an operating screw, a nut upon the screw for actuating said levers, and means for rotating said screw.

7. The combination of a door frame having elongated pivot bearings, a door, pivots carried by the latter and arran ed in said elongated bearings whereby said oor may be swung into and out of the frame and also be slid or shifted within the same, co-acting locking means between the edges of the door and its frame for preventing the door from swinging after it has been shifted, a bolt for preventing the door from being shifted, manually operated means for actuating said bolt and a lock for controlling said operating means.

S. The combination of a door frame, a door, means for mounting the door whereby it may be swung into and out of the frame and also be slid or shifted within the same, co-acting locking means between the edges of the door and its frame for preventing swinging movement of the door after it is shifted within the frame, a bolt carried by the door and adapted to engage the frame to prevent shifting movement of the door, a lever for operating said bolt, a rack and pinion device for operating said lever and a lock for said rack and pinion device.

9. The combination of a door frame formed in the opposing or inner faces of its top and bottom with elongated pivot recesses, a sliding and swinging door formed in its top and bottom edges with bearing recesses, rotary pivot balls journaled in the bearing recesses of the door and adapted to both run and rotate in the pivot recesses in the frame, means for locking the door against swinging movement when it is swung into the frame and shifted laterally and means for preventing shifting movement of the door.

10. The combination of a door frame, a door mounted in said frame for both swinging and sliding movement, means for locking the door against swinging movement when it is slid or shifted. within the frame, means for preventing the door from being shifted after 1t is locked against swinging movement and means for locking the last mentioned means.

11. The combination of a door frame, a door mounted in said frame for both swinging and sliding movement, means for locking the door against swinging movement when it is slid or shifted within the frame, means for preventing the door from being shifted after it is locked against swinging movement, means for locking the last mentioned means, and means whereby the door may be slid or shifted transversely within the frame.

12. The combination of a door frame having opposing seats, a door mounted within the frame for both sliding and swinging movement, a pair of door shifting levers loosely pivoted to the door intermediate their ends and adapted to` have one end removably engage said seats in the frame and means for simultaneously operating the other ends of said levers.

13. The combination of a door frame having a seat, a door slidably mounted in the frame, a door shifting lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends upon the door and adapted to have one end engage said seat and a screw for operating the other end of said lever.

14. The combination of a door frame having opposing seats, a door slidably mounted in the frame, a pair of door shifting levers loosely pivoted intermediate their ends to the door and adapted to have one end en- 

